Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] vl: introduce -audio as a replacement for -soundhw

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 4/27/22 15:41, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> > +                select_soundhw(model, dev->id);
> > +                g_free(model);
> >                   break;
> > +            }
> >               case QEMU_OPTION_h:
> >                   help(0);
> >                   break;
>
> Is it possible to change select_soundhw() to take an AudioDev pointer 
> rather than a string, and then add a new qdev_prop_set_audiodev() 
> function similar to qdev_prop_set_chr() and qdev_prop_set_netdev()?
>
> In reality the underlying QOM property is still a string, but I think 
> having the stronger typing for AudioDev properties is useful and 
> potentially allows for the various *dev backend properties to become QOM 
> links in future.

I didn't consider that because there are just two uses and I don't 
expect them to grow much, but yes it's possible.

Paolo